Combined trunk and dresser.



S. R. MAKI.

COMBINED TRUNK AND DRESSER9 APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1917.

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SIMON R. MAKI, OF ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED TRUNK AND DRESSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented J uiie 11,- 1918.

Application filed. May 19, 1917. Serial No. 169,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON R. MAKI, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Trunks and Dressers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined trunk and dresser in which novel means are provided for converting a receptacle or container, such as a trunk, into an article of furniture, viz: a dresser or chiffonier, including a mirror with novel means for storing the said mirror in the lid of the trunk or container and hereinafter the term trunk will be employed to denote the device when it is in position or condition to be shipped or transported.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means for supporting the device when arranged to constitute a dresser, saidsupporting means comprising slidable legsadapted to be projected when It is to be so supported, means being also provided for holding the legs in extended or retracted position. i r

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will. be had to the accompany ng drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the I several views, and n which Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of the device when set up to be used as a dresser;

Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the device when used as a trunk;

Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical sectional view of the device when arranged as a dresser;

' Fig. 4 illustrates a view in elevation of the lid showing the mirror in place in its nested position;

Fig. 5 illustrates a vertical sectional view of the device when closed as a trunk;

Fig. 6 illustrates a perspective view consisting of an enlarged detail of a fragment of the frame; and

Fig. 7 illustrates a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

In these drawings 10 denotes the corners of the frame, the same comprising channel gaged by springs 12 which force the legs outwardly. Springs 12 bear against the partitions 13 in the corner posts and against the upper ends of the legs 11 as fully shown. The corner members 10 at theends and back are connected by upper and lower mem: bers 0r rods 14 and 15 respectively and at the front there is a connecting bar 16 between the corner posts so that by the arrangement of parts just described, a framelike structure is produced filledwith panels 17 which constitute the ends and rear side of the trunk. The trunk has a removable front 18 comprising a frame 19 with a panel 20 which is vertically slidable between the front corner posts and in the present embodiment of the invention, the said corner posts have flanges 21 which are engaged by flanges on the removable front so that when the front is slid in place, the flanges con.- stitute guides and retaining meansto produce a tight joint between the members.

The front 18 is utilized as the top of the dresser when the same is converted and in order to render it adaptable for the dual function of the front of the trunk and the top of the dresser thewings. 21' and 22 are hinged to the ends of the frame 19 and are foldable to lie parallel with the inner side ofthe front when it is placed in the frame. The wings 21 and 22 have lids 23 and 24, respectively, which are hinged to them and the wings are formed into receptacles guarded by the said lids so that the wings constitute holders for articles of apparel which are within convenient reach of the user.

The frame 19 also has an apron or back member 25 hinged to it and it constitutes the lower section of the frame when placed at the front of the trunk, and the apron is adapted to stand vertically and at right angles to the top of the dresser and it is held in that position by a hook 26 hinged to the cover 27 of the trunk when the said trunk is open, the said hook embracing the edge of the apron, as shown in Fig. 3.

The cover 27 of the trunk has partitions 28 and 29 therein between which the mirror 30 is stored, the said mirror comprising three sections 31, 32 and 33, the sections 32 and 33 being hinged to the section 31 and in a manner that they may be folded to overlie the mirror 31 when the same are nested and over the lid of the trunk, but-the said sections may be caused to assume the positions shown in Fig. 1 and the lower edges of the sections have plates 34 which engage the upperedge of the back 25 for supporting the mirror, the mirror being also supported by links 35 which are pivotedto the partitions 28 and29 and to the said mirror.

The frame of the section 31 of the mirror has springs 36 on its rear edge which bear against the trunk lid and normally force the mirror outwardly, so that a latch 36 carried by the section 32-of the mirror will be forced into engagement with a plate 37 which is carried by the cover, thus retaining the mirror in the recess of the trunk cover. The latch 36 may be manipulated to release it from the plate, the construction of the latch being well shown in'the drawing and need not, it is thought, be further described.

The flange or side 38 of the cover has a slotted plate 39 secured to it, the .slot 40 of the plate terminating in an abrupt turn 41 forming a seat for a prop or brace 42, which prop has one end loosely held by an eye or anchoring device 43. The brace 42 has a right angular extension 44 which travels in the slot of the plate and a spring 45anchored to the top has a free end bearing against the brace to force it into engagement with the shoulder of the plate 39 when the lid is open so that the cover is thereby held in open .position. a r I The legs 11 each have recesses 46 and 47 adapted to be engaged by a latch, the recess 46 being engaged by the latch when the legs are projected and the recess 47 being adapted to receive the latch when the leg is retracted.

As a means for operating and providing latches for thelegs, a lever 48 is pivoted on a stud 49 at each end of the trunk and movement of the lever is limited by a stud 50.

The lower end of the levercarries a latch 51 operating in a guide 52 and the said latch is adapted to be moved into and out of operative relation to a leg 11 whereas the upper end of the lever has a latch 53 pivoted to it (depict or this patent may beobtained. for

and the said latch is adapted to coact with theleg at the opposite corner of the end so that the latches may be manipulated simultaneously .by-pressure on a rod 54 which projeets at the top of the end frame, it being understood that these parts are duplicated at The upper surfaces of the ends have cleats or strips 57 mounted on pivots 58 sothat they may be turned to overlie the edge of the front frame or they may be extendedto project, beyond the ends to constitute supports for the top or the wings of the "top'of the dresser. A flanged plate 59 is provided at each end underwhich the members '57 may swing and these'fianged plates serve to hold the members 57 in engagement with the upper edge of the front frame when thesame is in position to form a trunk.'

The mirror is' further held in the frame by corner strips 60 back of whichthe corners of the frame are lodged and seated, the corner strips being so arranged that the mirror may belifted out of the seats formedthere- Hooks 23 are pivoted on the edges of the wings and they engage studs 24 for holding by when the mirror is to be set up.

the wings in folded position with respect to the dresser, a cover, amirrorseatedtherein,

means for holding the mirror in; itsseated position, arms hingedly connecting the mirror to the cover, and means hinged to the slidable front for supporting the said ror in its extended position.

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